org.jadira.bindings.core.general.marshaller

Class ConverterToMarshaller<S,T>

java.lang.Object

org.jadira.bindings.core.general.marshaller.ConverterToMarshaller<S,T>

Type Parameters:

S - Source type for the conversion

T - Source type

All Implemented Interfaces:

ToMarshaller<S,T>

public class ConverterToMarshaller<S,T>
extends Object
implements ToMarshaller<S,T>

Base class providing capability to perform marshalling of source object type to target. This class uses reflection.

The marshal method must either

a) be instance scoped and defined as part of class S. It must accept no parameters and return a type of T. For example:

public String marshal()

b) be statically scoped. It must accept a single parameter of type S and return a type of T. For example:

public static String marshal(BoundType param)

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
ConverterToMarshaller(Converter<S,T> converter) Create a new instance for the given converter

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Class<S>	getBoundClass() Obtain the bound class
Class<T>	getTargetClass() Obtain the bound class
T	marshal(S object) Converts to the given object from the specified object

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

ConverterToMarshaller

public ConverterToMarshaller(Converter<S,T> converter)

Create a new instance for the given converter

Parameters:

converter - The converter to be wrapped

Method Detail

marshal

public T marshal(S object)

Converts to the given object from the specified object

Specified by:

marshal in interface ToMarshaller<S,T>

Parameters:

object - Object to transform, not null

Returns:

S converted to T

getBoundClass

public Class<S> getBoundClass()

Obtain the bound class

Specified by:

getBoundClass in interface ToMarshaller<S,T>

Returns:

Class

getTargetClass

public Class<T> getTargetClass()

Obtain the bound class

Specified by:

getTargetClass in interface ToMarshaller<S,T>

Returns:

Class